The Coldwater Cardinals proved to be stronger in the upper weights against longtime rival Sturgis on Wednesday night.

Coldwater took a 42-31 win to put themselves in third in SMAC East competition on the season with a 5-2 mark.

The night started at the 119 pound class, where Coldwater's Mohamed Aljabaly took a 5-1 decision over Trojan Dakota Smith to give the Cardinals the early edge.

At 125, Josh Powers pinned Noah Gleason to make it a 9-0 score.

Sturgis found the scoreboard at the 130 pound class, as Ricardo Soto had little trouble against Coldwater's Randall Linton.

Soto scored an 11-1 major decision. At 135, Holden Chesher pinned Austin Smith in 3:06 to widen Coldwater's lead to 15-6.

Coldwater's run continued into the 140 pound class, as Nooh Aljabaly took a 20-17 win over Zach

Mathews to make it an 18-4 score. Sturgis started a small run of their own with a pin at 145 pounds, as Anthony Neal put Chris VandenHout down in 1:48 to cut the deficit to 18-10.

At 152, Daylan Bowser won by a disqualification on Coldwater's Yousif Aljabaly, for allegedly biting Bowser.

The disqualification made it an 18-16 match. At 160, Will Fry gave Sturgis their only lead of the night, with a 6-2 decision over Randy Brown to make it 19-18.

Coldwater got pins in the next three classes, as Austin Siegel put down Cole Cambell in 4:36 at 171; Kelly Anzaldua put down Juan Espinoza in 1:57 at 189 pounds; and Kegan Brown pinned Jake Stevens in :28 seconds and 215.